Cuspidor



PATENTED'SEPT. 20,1904.

H. E. MARLETT.

OUSPIDOR.

APPLIOATION'IILED rmm, 1904.

'NO MODEL.

' Patented September 2Q, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE;

HARRY E. MARLETT, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUSPIDOR.

'iiPECIFICATiON forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,530, d ed September 20, 1904.

2 Application filed February 8, 1904:. Saial No. 192,517. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY E. MARLETT. a

citizen of the United States of America, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

. This invention relates to certain new and useful-improvements in cuspidors, and has for its object to provide means whereby it will.

be impossible to spill the contents of the cuspidor; also, to provide means whereby the same may be taken apart and readily cleansed.

Another object of my invention is to provide a cuspidor having two openings either one of which may be used.

Briefly described, my improved cuspidor comprises two sections, which are secured together, and in these sections I pivot a ring in which is pivoted a receptacle for the spittle, the base of this receptacle being weighted, whereby the opening of the same will always be in alinement with the opening formed in each section of the cuspidor.

With the above and other objects in View; the invention consists in the novel construcg tion, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cuspidor. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the fastening means. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the pins carried by the ring. Fig. 6 is a sectional View of a portion of the cuspidor, showing the manner in which the two sections are secured together.

To put my invention into practice, I construct my improved cuspidor of two sections 1 and 2, and when these sections are placed together they are adapted to form a body portion which will be spherical in form, and

this body portion is supported by the funnel.- shaped bases 3 and 4, each of which is formed integral with its respective section, whereby when the cuspidor is inverted one funnelshaped base will support the body portion,and. the top funnel-shaped portion will provide an inlet for spittle. These two sections are secured together by providing the section 1 with L-shaped flanged edges 5 and by providing the section 2 with a similar flanged edge 6, the vertical portions 7 being adapted to engage each other in such a manner that the two sections will be rigidly held together. To further accomplish this, I'provide the upper section with a pin 8, which is adapted to engage in a bayonet-shaped slot 9, formed in the lower section 2, and upon the side of the cuspidor and centrally thereof I secure the semicircular band-spring 10, the ends of which extend outwardly, as indicated at 11, and have formed therein apertures 12, which are adapted to engage over the end of the pin 8 and firmly lock the two sections together. The flanging of the edges of the two sections provides an annular groove 14, in which is adapted to travel pins 15, carried by a ring 16.

These pins have mounted in their outer ends thefriction-Wheels 17 and adjacent to their ends the wheels 18, which are adapted to engage the sides of the annular groove 12 and permit the ring to be rotated within the spherical body.

Pivoted within the ring 1 6 by means of the pins 19 I secure a spherical receptacle 20, the lower end of which is weighted, as indicated at 21, and in this receptacle I provide an opening 22. In Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that the opening 22 is in alinement with the opening 23, formed in the funnel-shaped portions, and incase the cuspidor is upset the receptacle 20 will swing upon its different axes and. prevent the contents of the receptacle from spilling or leaving the same. It willalso be seen by my improved construction that either base of the cuspidor may be used to receive the spittle and that the construction and manner in which the receptacle 20 is pivoted within the sections 1 and 2 are such that the opening 22 of this receptacle will always be in alinement with either one of the openings 23.

It will be obvious that various slight changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.-

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cuspidor formed of two sections the meeting ends of which have L-shaped flanges for engagement with each other forming between the horizontal portions of the flanges a way, a receptacle having a ring pivoted thereto, and friction-rollershorizontally and vertically disposed and supported from the ring to operate in said way.

2. A cuspidor formed of two sections each having their meeting ends formed with L- HARRY E. MARLET".

Witnesses:

H. C. EVERT, JOHN GRoETzrNenR. 

